# 凰

| 凰 | U+51F0, &#20976; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51F0 |
| ← 凯 [U+51EF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 凱 → [U+51F1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

凰 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓竹日土 (HNHAG), four-corner 7721$_0$, composition ⿵𠘨皇)

#### Derived characters

* 𬄑, 𠁉

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1784
* Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 278, character 10
* Unihan data for U+51F0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 皇 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 惶 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 遑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 堭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 煌 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 餭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 騜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 艎 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 隍 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 湟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 徨 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 篁 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蝗 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs |
| 凰 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 偟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 媓 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 韹 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 葟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 皝 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 汪 | *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ |
| 尪 | *qʷaːŋ |
| 迋 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 逛 | *kʷaŋʔ |
| 誑 | *kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs |
| 匡 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 筐 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 框 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 眶 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 誆 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 邼 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 恇 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 劻 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 洭 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 軭 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ |
| 狂 | *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 軖 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 鵟 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 俇 | *ɡʷaŋʔ |
| 王 | *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 蚟 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 彺 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 旺 | *ɢʷaŋs |
| 諻 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 喤 | *qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 瑝 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 鍠 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 揘 | *ɡʷaŋ |
Originally 皇. A spurious 𠘨 was added by the assimilation with 鳳.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huáng (huang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fòng
* Eastern Min (BUC): huòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uang$^5$ / huang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$waon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^2$
*** Yale: hwáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$
*** Yale: wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: fong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huòng
*** Sinological IPA : /huoŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
*** Tâi-lô: hông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: uang$^5$ / huang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâng / huâng
*** Sinological IPA : /uaŋ⁵⁵/, /huaŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$waon
*** MiniDict: waon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhuaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²³/
* Middle Chinese: hwang
Rime :
| Character | 凰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡光切 |
| Baxter | hwang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣwɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 凰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12709 |
| Phonetic component | 王 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 黃 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷaːŋ/ |
| Notes | 爾雅作皇 |

### Definitions

凰
* (Chinese mythology) female fenghuang (a mythological bird)

#### See also

* 鳳／凤 (fèng, “male fenghuang”)

### Compounds

* 求凰
* 鳳凰 / 凤凰 (fènghuáng)
* 鳳凰于飛 / 凤凰于飞
* 鳳凰來儀 / 凤凰来仪
* 鳳凰在笯 / 凤凰在笯 (fènghuáng zài nú)
* 鳳凰山 / 凤凰山 (Fènghuángshān)
* 鳳凰木 / 凤凰木 (fènghuángmù)
* 鳳凰池 / 凤凰池
* 鳳凰竹 / 凤凰竹
* 鳳凰簫 / 凤凰箫
* 鳳凰臺 / 凤凰台
* 鳳凰蛋 / 凤凰蛋
* 鳳求凰 / 凤求凰

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “凰”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* a female phoenix

#### Readings

* Go-on: おう (ō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: おおとり (ōtori, 凰)

## Korean
### Hanja

凰 (eum 황 (hwang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

凰: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng
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